Cindi and I have had repeated and sometimes spine-tingling coincidences all along the way and I wish I could remember them all. When we were working on the gemstone idea, for example, and Cindi chose the chrysoprase. We later learned that the stone is said to be associated with her astrological sign (Libra) and my birthstone (May) and neither one of us had ever heard of it before. (We now both own charms containing chrysoprase stones.)
Last week I spent a couple of days working out a favorite scene in which our main character and her guy friend find a trunk of old instruments. They carefully take them out and gently play a couple of them. They decide to refurbish them. Later, our heroine time travels back in time and becomes a young woman who receives a marriage proposal after which her betrothed plays her a love song on a violin. Back in the present, she learns that it wasn't her imagination--that a young woman actually did receive a proposal and that the old violin in their trunk is one and the same.
Carrie Cartee, original owner of the Weber piano purchased in 1877. She told the man who was about to refurbish it that it was the right thing to do. |
Now, I understand that to the average person that's not such a remarkable coincidence, but I had just struggled through the writing process. I had gone mentally into not only the present day world of the novel, but also the 1914 world of the novel. I was barely digging my way back to the present that foggy morning I sat inhaling my strong coffee and blinking the sleep out of my eyes to read piano repairman's version of what the piano--and it's owner--said to him. And I was there.
Whether I write in the morning before school or at night, I later walk around still in the plot, like an actor who stays in character after the curtain. So I guess in only makes sense that the past and the present and the fact and the fiction start to run together.
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Wonderful!! You could write a book about an author who struggles to stay within the realm of fiction and reality. I know it's been done but it seems like you are really immersing yourself in your writing. One thing for sure is your passion for this story will will be revealed to the reader. I can't wait for the finished product!
ReplyDeleteThank you, Cherie. I really appreciate your encouraging words.
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